as in big
one of high position or importance within a group
among food and beverage magazines, it's one of the biggies
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Recent Examples of biggie
Today’s news is a very full stocking of brand new LLM editions from three of the biggies – OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere, there’s Phoenix, San Diego and Jacksonville, not to mention the biggies — New York, LA, Chicago and Philly.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Hoffman is at least one, but there's no word as yet whether any other OG biggies, like Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, or Meghan Markle are also in talks to reprise their roles.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
That includes your standard commercial stuff — Another Simple Favor, The Accountant 2, and A24’s Death of a Unicorn are among this year’s biggies — as well as new films from Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Chad Hartigan, Under the Shadow’s Babak Anvari, and The Vast of Night breakout Andrew Patterson.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere, there’s Phoenix, San Diego and Jacksonville, not to mention the biggies — New York, LA, Chicago and Philly.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Hoffman is at least one, but there's no word as yet whether any other OG biggies, like Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, or Meghan Markle are also in talks to reprise their roles.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
That includes your standard commercial stuff — Another Simple Favor, The Accountant 2, and A24’s Death of a Unicorn are among this year’s biggies — as well as new films from Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Chad Hartigan, Under the Shadow’s Babak Anvari, and The Vast of Night breakout Andrew Patterson.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggie
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The rosters, which have not been finalized, will consist of Major League Baseball hopefuls with no guarantee of getting to the bigs.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Cherry also resembles one of the best bigs in basketball in Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks, from the build to the high hair and the cool and calm demeanor.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The congratulatory messages from the two ex-presidents, who are among the Democratic Party’s most popular national figures, appear to be a signal mainstream Democratic heavyweights are warming up to Mamdani as the party continues to regroup following staggering losses nationally in 2024.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the first episode of Season 3, Tommy is working to unite the city's biggest drug heavyweights to solidify his own network alongside his partner, Diamond.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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There is going to be a special burgundy-heavy edition of the book.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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If the Rockets go big-heavy often, Reed Sheppard loses some shine.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Biggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggie. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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